Chester Arthur Burnett, Howlin 'Wolf (Otso ulukaria) izen artistikoarekin ezaguna (White Station, Mississippi, 1910eko urtarrilaren 10a – Hines, Illinois, 1976ko urtarrilaren 10a) estatubatuar blues abeslari, gitarra-jotzaile eta harmonika jotzailea izan zen
Delta blues akustikoa Chicago blues elektriko bihurtu zutenetako bat izan zen. Lau hamarkadako ibilbide batean blues, rythm and blues, rock and roll eta psychedelic rock musika grabatu zituen.
Mississippin jaio zen, pobrezian, eta 1930eko hamarkadan Charley Pattonen laguntza jaso zuen.Deep Southen hasi zen bluesa jotzen, beste musikari batzuekin, eta kartzelatik eta armadatik igaro ondoren, Ike Turnerrek kontratatu zuen. 1951n grabatu zuen "Moanin' at Midnight" lehen diskoa. 1951 eta 1969 artean sei abesti Billboard zerrendetan sartu ziren. Bere ospea 1960ko hamarkadan handitu zen eta 1975eko azarora arte jo zuen.
Diskografia
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- 1959: Moanin' in the Moonlight (Chess) 1951–1958 recordings
- 1962: Howlin' Wolf (Chess) 1957–1962 recordings
- 1962: Howling Wolf Sings the Blues (Crown) 1951–1952 RPM recordings
- 1965: The Real Folk Blues (Chess) 1956–1965 recordings
- 1967: More Real Folk Blues (Chess) 1953–1956 recordings
- 1968: The Super Super Blues Band (Chess) Muddy Waters eta Bo Diddleyrekin
- 1969: The Howlin' Wolf Album (Cadet Concept)
- 1971: Message to the Young (Chess)
- 1971: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Chess)
- 1972: Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf (Chess) 1951–1965 recordings
- 1972: Live and Cookin' (Chess)
- 1973: The Back Door Wolf (Chess)
- 1974: London Revisited (Chess) split album with Muddy Waters
- 1975: Change My Way (Chess) 1958–1966 recordings
- 1977: The Legendary Sun Performers: Howlin' Wolf (Charly)
- 1979: Heart Like Railroad Steel (Memphis & Chicago Blues 1951–57) (Blues Ball)
- 1979: Can't Put Me Out (Chicago 1956–72, Volume II) (Blues Ball)
- 1984: Muddy & the Wolf (Chess) split album with Muddy Waters
- 1984: His Greatest Sides, Volume One (Chess)
- 1991: The Chess Box—Howlin' Wolf (Chess/MCA)
- 1991: Howlin' Wolf Rides Again (Flair/Virgin)
- 1994: Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog (Chess Collectibles, Vol. 2) (Chess/MCA)
- 1997: His Best (Chess/MCA); reissued as The Definitive Collection (Geffen, 2007)
- 1999: His Best, Vol. 2 (Chess/MCA)
- 2011: Smokestack Lightning (The Complete Chess Masters 1951–1960) (Hip-O Select/Geffen)
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